The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - swing v.

1) sway, move or go to and fro or back and forth or backwards and forwards, come and go, wave, fluctuate, flap, oscillate, vibrate, librate, waver, wobble, waggle, zigzag, wigwag, flourish: The branches swung in the wind. They swung their arms in time to the music. 2) hang, dangle; be hanged, be suspended: They watched the monkeys swinging from tree to tree. He will swing for his crime. --n. 3) swinging, sway, swaying, toing and froing, coming and going, waving, fluctuation, fluctuating, flapping, flap, oscillation, oscillating, vibration, vibrating, libration, waver, wavering, wobble, wobbling, waggle, waggling, zigzag, zigzagging, wigwag, wigwagging, flourish, flourishing, stroke: Catch the rope on its next swing. He was caught on the shoulder by a wild swing of the bat. 4) sweep, scope, range, trend, limit(s) ; change, switch, shift: The swing of public opinion is unpredictable in these matters. There has been a small percentage swing to the Conservatives. 5) pace, routine, groove, pattern: Don't you find it hard to get into the normal swing of things after a long holiday? 6 in full swing. in (full) operation, under way, in business, animated, lively, on the move, moving, going, Colloq on the hop, cooking: The party was in full swing when we arrived.